VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT: Meet Ricky Mason and Francisco Lerma
Crossroads Center volunteers By Tahreem Pasha-Glenn - It’s another busy night at The Salvation Army Crossroads Center in Denver, Colo. Clients line up to check in while staff and volunteers get the mats and supplies ready. Due to various factors, Denver has seen
Unexpected healing
A volunteer connected a young burn victim to medical care and The Salvation Army, and both found aid. By Caramie Schnell - Jose Manuel Roman has had so many surgeries, he’s lost count of the exact number. “It’s either 67 or 87,” he said.
Three decades of helping others
Tsu Wolin-Brown has spent much of her life giving back to her community through the Vail Valley Salvation Army. By Caramie Schnell - Tsu Wolin-Brown’s smiling face is synonymous in Vail Valley, Colo., with The Salvation Army’s Service Center there. She started volunteering for
Filling bowls, fighting hunger
By Caramie Schnell - Each day, The Salvation Army fills empty bowls for hungry people around the country. It’s a fitting name then for an event that helps to fill the Vail Valley Salvation Army’s coffers each year. For the sixth year,
PROFILE: Strong Sherry
Sherry Manson directs emergency response for the Intermountain Division, spanning four states. By Josiah Hesse - In the last four years, Colorado has endured its five biggest natural disasters in the state’s history. In response to these floods and fires, hundreds of
Denver Post Charities gives Army $25,000
The Salvation Army received $25,000 through Denver Post Charities, a McCormick Foundation Fund, and its 2013-14 Season To Share campaign during a July 24 reception at The Denver Post building in downtown Denver. A total of $1.63 million was contributed to
Divisional youth councils ‘unmasked’
By Vicki Gilden, Major - Intermountain Youth Councils focused on removing the masks we wear to become “UnMasked” before God, self and others with 200 delegates at High Peak Camp in Estes Park, Colo., this spring. Territorial Youth Secretary Captain Roy Wild
Salvation Army aids and evacuates following power plant fire
The Salvation Army’s emergency disaster services team deployed to provide meals and hydration to first responders following a fire today at the Martin Drake Power Plant in Colorado Springs, Colo. Just a few blocks away, The Salvation Army’s R.J. Montgomery Center—Colorado
Brief updates from Intermountain
Bible Bowl team shows skill An Intermountain Divisional Corps Cadet retreat Feb. 28-March 1 at High Peak Camp in Estes Park, Colo., included a Bible Bowl competition. The division's Bible Bowl team from the Denver Red Shield—Amanda Tumey, Brianna Tumey, Alison
Water brings life to Jamestown
Months after flooding, The Salvation Army helps residents return home. By Courtney Culpepper - Heavy rains last September caused flooding across Colorado’s Front Range from Colorado Springs to Fort Collins. In some areas, a week’s worth of rain totaled annual precipitation levels,
Denver ARC partners with VFW
The Salvation Army Denver Adult Rehabilitation Center reached an agreement with several Metro Denver Veterans of Foreign War (VFW) Posts to partner in obtaining donated clothing, shoes and household items by placing donation boxes on VFW Post properties. The VFW also
King Soopers takes over kettles
Night of bell ringing is the largest Salvation Army red kettle takeover nationwide. King Soopers & City Market employees at 144 store locations rang in the season of giving Dec. 11 with The Big Ring—a day of corporate-wide employee volunteerism with